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He was at his worst on Thursday morning; on Thursday afternoon he came home a bright and contented man. He hung his cap on the nail with a flourish, kissed his wife, and, in full view of the disapproving Mr. Price, executed a few clumsy steps on the hearthrug. "Come in for a fortune?" inquired the latter, eying him sourly. "No; I've saved one," replied Mr. Spriggs, gayly.
Spriggs came down and took his hat from a nail; "about a couple of inches shorter than yourself and not near so much round the waist." Mr. Spriggs regarded him sternly for a few seconds, and then, closing the door with a bang, went off down the street. Left alone, Mr.
"Have you got any money?" said Mr. Spriggs, after a long pause. "I left it behind me in Australia," said Mr. Price, with ill-timed facetiousness. "Getting better, ain't you?" said his brother-in-law, sharply. "How's that broken 'art getting on?"
You don't suppose he wants to boast of where he's been?" "And suppose he comes while Alfred is here?" said his wife. "Then I say, 'How 'ave you left 'em all in Australia? and wink at him," said the ready Mr. Spriggs. "And s'pose you're not here?" objected his wife. "Then you say it and wink at him," was the reply. "No; I know you can't," he added, hastily, as Mrs.
You cannot expect an advance, for a run of no more than a month; nor any perquisites in the way of stowage, since the ship is now full to her hatches; nor, indeed, any great price in the shape of wages, since we take you chiefly to accommodate so worthy a youth, and to honour the recommendations of so respectable a house as Spriggs, Boggs and Tweed; but you will find us liberal, excessive liberal.
Spriggs proposed sailing for New England, in quest of provisions, and to increase his company; and we intended on approaching the coast, when the rest had indulged freely in liquor, and fallen sound asleep, to secure them under the hatches, and then deliver ourselves up to government.
Spriggs, sipping his tea, "I wrote to Scotland Yard and told 'em that Augustus Price, ticket-of-leave man, was trying to obtain a hundred and ten pounds by false pretences." Mr. Price, white and breathless, rose and confronted him. "The beauty o' that is, as Bill says," continued Mr. Spriggs, with much enjoyment, "that Gussie'll 'ave to set out on his travels again.
"Spriggs, ten; Morton, ten; Wigglesworth, five; Hawkins, ten; Indermann, fifteen; Jones, five; and a good many smaller amounts." "What is the highest as yet?" "Indermann, the tobacco importer, has given fifteen." "It is a good cause," Mr. Girdlestone said, dipping his pen into the ink-bottle. Of course a list of the donations will be printed and circulated?" "Most certainly."
"I've come home to die," he said, slowly, and, tottering across the room, embraced his sister with much unction. "What are you going to die of?" inquired Mr. Spriggs, reluctantly accepting the extended hand. "Broken 'art, George," replied his brother-in-law, sinking into a chair. Mr. Spriggs grunted, and, moving his chair a little farther away, watched the intruder as his wife handed him a plate.
A large chrysanthemum in the button-hole of his frock-coat completed the picture of an Australian millionaire, as understood by Mr. Spriggs. "A nice watch and chain, and a little money in my pockets, and I shall be all right," murmured Mr. Price. "You won't get any more out o' me," said Mr. Spriggs, fiercely. "I've spent every farthing I've got."
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